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Times-Advocate, 1983-12-07, Page 10New facilities open for cancer patients Representatives from the Canadian Cancer Society and the London Cancer Clinic of- ficially opened a 20 -bed addi- tion to Thameswood Lodge in London on Friday, November 25. The $700,000 addition brings to 50 the number of beds available to cancer patients from outside London who re- quire accommodations while undergoing treatment at the London Cancer Clinic. Funds for the project were provided by the Canadian Cancer Society from three sources: limited local fun- draising; designated bequests or legacies to the Canadian Ca*cer Society which must be used in the southwestern On- tario area; and funds from New Gift Idea Ravel Gift Certificates Ellison Travel 235-2000 1 the Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society which were raised during the Society's annual fundraising campaign in April. Thameswood Lodge is operated by the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation's Lon- don Cancer Clinic. The most recent addition was the second since the Lodge opened in 1962 with 18 beds. In 1970, 12 beds were added to the facility. Two of the new bedrooms were designed for handicap- ped patients and an elevator has been added to the facility. In addition to the new bedrooms, there is an active lounge for games such as ping pong or shuffleboard and a craft room where volunteers instruct guests in macrame, knitting, oil painting and other crafts. There is a quieter lounge for reading or watching television and a small privacy room where guests may visit with family, friends or clergy. Thameswood Lodge serves all of southwestern Ontario, with guests coming from as far north as the Bruce P'nin- sula, as far west as Sarnia and as far east as the Kit- chener/Waterloo and Cam- bridge areas. Family members wishing to stay at the Lodge with guests are per- mitted to do so at a cost of $25 a night or $100 a week in- cluding meals, providing a bed is available. Thameswood Lodge also houses the newly renovated offices of the Southwestern District and London - Middlesex Unit offices of the Canadian Cancer Society. The Lodge addition is the second major project to receive Canadian Cancer Society funding recently. The first was' the breast cancer screening clinic at 373 Hill Street in London which was established as part of a na- tional program to determine if x-ray examination is more effective in detecting cancer in its early stages than is physical examination alone. Over the next year and a half, the clinic hopes to recruit at Ieast4,500 womenbetweenthe ages of 40 and 59. Volunteers for the program are being sought from throughout southwestern Ontario. The Canadian Cancer Society raises funds to sup- port patient services and education programs as well as research into the causes of cancer and its cures. In 1983, $12,246,350 was rais- ed in Ontario. Of this, $1,199,448 was raised in southwestern Ontario. ■ ■ for that special someone... Christmas Collector Plates in the Edwin M. Knowles tradition As traditional as Christmas itself ... the Edwin M. Knowles China Company captures the joy, the enchantment of Christmas in two delightful, endearing collector plates. Knowks Christmas -Christmas- the sixth plate in the Americana Holidays Collection by master artist Don Spaulding, captures the magic, the anticipation of two children trimming the family Christmas tree on a nineteenth century Christmas Eve. This limited edition plate is crafted on the finest china by the Edwin M Knowles hallmark. the oldest name in American fine china. Diameter: 8.112 m (21 6 cm( Bradex No.: 84.841.2 6 Price: $40 00 Santa in the Subway The 1983 plate in the Rockwell Society of America's Christmas Series. "Sante in the Subway" is Norman Rc s humourous Christmas interpretation of a young boy discovering a sleepy department -store Santa un the subway. Originally painted in 1940. this limited edition plate is certain to capture the hearts of all who receive it. Each plate bears the official seal of the Rockwell Society and the Edwin M Knowles hallmark. • Diameter: 8 114 in (21 cm) Bradex No.: 84-R70.1 10 Price: 539.00 Available at the follow ing gift, jewellery and fine china stores: Sugar and Spice of Exeter - Exeter William Gibson - Hensali Collector's Shop - Kirkton Times -Advocate, December 7, 1983 Page 9 aal►a,a► _ a o,sl wa %a tan+ ea st ao aa►wsr ws ao as ;sea sea C1/40 curs am Aro a.ss EXETER P..' ACY NEW GUIDES ENROLLED — A number of new members of the Exeter Girl Guides were enrolled Wednesday night. Bock, left, leaders Sharon Chappel, Marilyn Hern, Bev Simpson, Helen Coates and District Commissioner Roberta Mortley. Centre, Sarah Kerslake, Becky Morgan, Michelle Ross, Laura Cook, Tiffany Tryon, Cheryl McCarter and Hazel Snedden. Front, Elizabeth Coates, Barbie Mortley, Wendi Sims, Jennifer Beecroft, Mary Lynn Oke and Christine Chappel. T -A photo Jamie Wsstaa. clioson to make musical Idstory Twelve -year-old Kirkton area boy treble Jamie Westman will make musical history December 17 when he will become the first boy singer in memory - if ever - to perform in the Mahler Sym- phony No. 4 in G. Westman, who sings in the St. Michael's choir in London, got the part as the result of a continent -wide hunt. It is also possible that Anna Mahler, the 75 -year-old daughter of Gustav Mahler, will attend the New England Conser- vatory Youth Chamber Or- chestra concert at Jordan Hall in Boston. A young pianist, Song Richardson, will play the Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 rt was sculptress Anna Mahler's dream to have a boy sing the part. She based her wish on the title of the last movement, A Child's View of Heaven. Conductor Ben Zander sent out a call for help to child talent scout John D. Shallenberger for a boy who couldmanage part's enor- mous range and poignancy. Shallenger, who has supplied Broadway and Hollywood with child stars for years, said he could think of only one of the 2,000 young singers on his roster who could manage the part. He knew Westman's work from his exceptional showing as leading soloist in Europe with the Americas Boychoir last summer. For Shallenberger, "there is just no one as good as Jamie for this role." He sent a tape of Jamie's singing - prepared by his teacher, St. Michael's boy choir director John M. F. Insumnce Wood - to Zander, who im- mediately approved. With a tour of Mexico to follow Boston, it will be a most different Christmas for a 12 -year-old. Jamie became a talent to watch after Londoner Mildred Duncan heard him on CHCH-TV with the St. Marys Children's Choir. Wood recommended him to the Amercias Boychoir and he was accepted to make a tour of Europe. Financial support for the tour was raised through various events in the Kirkton area, where his father Eldon is a cash -crop farmer, and through a Sun- day matinee held in the apart- ment of William Stewart, former Ontario agriculture minister. Jamie on his return sang a Stratford summer Music program and appeared in Mexico. Until a month ago, there was some fear that Jamie might not be able to perform in Boston. A lingering middle - ear infection was affecting his voice. The right medical treatment found, his voice recovered and he could resume preparations for Boston. His mother, Doris, and Wood began hunting for various scores and recordings to help Jamie, who was taken out of school and given a tutor. Next week, he takes his Grade 5 piano examination. A piano and full orchestra score, which proved in- valuable for study, were located by Maria Rose, whose late husband Alfred, was a nephew of Mahler. As soon as the Boston engagement is completed, Westman and his parents prepare to leave for Mexico on Christmas Day, joining up with the Americas Boychoir tour to Mexico. The programs begin in Saltillo December 28, and continue until New Year's Eve. On December 29, he will sing the solo in Saltillo's 240 -year-old cathedral in the Concert ofdhe Nations. When the choir returns to the U.S. on January 1, Jamie is expected to have additional singing engagements. The Westmans will then take a week's holi- day in Guadalajara. The readers write R.R. 1 Ridgetown, Ontario NOP 2C0 November 29, 1983 Exeter Times Advocate 424 Main Street Exeter, Ontario NOM 1SO Dear Sir; Perhaps one of your readers could assist me in a family history project. I am searching for a photograph of John Cameron, 1816,1896, who settled on Lot 18 Usborne Township on the Thames Road in 1851. His four children married into the Hamilton, Allen, Bishop and Climie families. 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